Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 817962c8cc0af9d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:29:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 2892502ed90175610bf6476bc0b34df3 SHA-1: e9f2a4e9c3ad379c149135b2e2acccab4510f500 SHA-256: 817962c8cc0af9d41c42b4e64c113e3a365b4d40d2b0aa07832f9dbb99900554
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files or redirect users. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' indicates a malicious intent, likely to deliver a payload or phish credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://busanpc1.com/upload/fckeditor/file/mobegudiwipepupu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nucktlk9vcs755gsvo40dijd6s/77710552706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/wasufevowezowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/lejot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7bf41ea43d---72764268747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spacio.hk/attachment/file/62284102331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asi-filter.pl/files/file/xudofisuwoxiwirupolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/12816262226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cqb0s8e9695r8i2osnbpl6en0h/rexazusolajomijur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3c9d63677d70d5f750c47b8e467dbba/21928232107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolensk-bakaleya.ru/userfiles/file/44476799621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b92610bb8931ef6095553e15ed7fac32/70347912372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recko.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buxofika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e44d4f0e0c97844474cce0f137115771/31860831005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/31825466749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/27888892769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4o3ui5huj498nerc1ffm3a11p6/82759320119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverthesky.it/file/27024694181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/jelafopunirubazapesejif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gfb.it/upload/fck/file/75201681599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1c5ddde5ad---22030076941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zsdbiopharm.com/upload/files/62319152004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dc5844814248e881c124a595f50a9ac/sigeguwukimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=download+euro+bus+simulator+for+pcPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f29e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF29E 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 79ed3be05063186156a7a8ea252f64c127008ce77df950af14b4b67f6a310aa0
font_01_sfnt_off00010c56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C56 18068 bytes
SHA-256: db62c6c402eedc8f573b14a0071b96fd9e52384231504f858036ccfcf52b77a5
font_02_sfnt_off00013b3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B3C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1